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>>4371932
Don't grip your pen like your penis. Do martial arts that relax and exercise the wrists and arms. Take breaks.

years of playing shooty games on my computer have really done a number
I am scared, my wrist is rather stiff especially compared to my other one, but not much pain UNLESS I play the shooty games
I'm not sure what to do about it but try use my mouse dick all, heat my wrist with a hot water bottle every now and then and try rest it more :(

Had tendonitis but now it has mostly gone, my advice.

>If it's actively painful, rest then rest some more
>very, very light grip on the tools
>wrist/thumb braces help
>learn to do every action with your non-dominant hand
>any time you aren't drawing your art hand is resting

Once the pain has mostly subsided
>Do a bloodtest for deficiencies
>Handling phone/mouse is with the non-dominant hand
>Take fish oil
>Improve diet
>Do cardio 3x a week (improves blood flow)
>Pullups
>Stretch if it isn't painful
>DESK ERGONOMICS, YOUR HANDS MUST BE INLINE WITH YOUR WRISTS

Keep fighting the fight, the body heals eventually. It's going to be a long fight though.

>>4372050
>>learn to do every action with your non-dominant hand
you mean drawing too?
How to do this?

>>4372050
Thanks anom I'll do everything you say here

And thanks OP, I've been waiting a thread like this since forever

>>4372098
First learn how to write with it, THEN you draw

I know is not the same but... how do you deal with back pain? i'm starting to suffer from than, especially when i draw in my sketchbook.

>>4372195
Sit up straight, start doing Stuart McGill's big 3 exercises.
Stay active.

>>4372195
get a better chair, also don't hunch over your tablet/paper/whatever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSrfB7JIzxY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPO-zST-7EE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZWSQSSEjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hicA-ehGTyM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgi5SNDbBZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkzk_RqlYig

>>4372195
use a standing desk, use intous and not cintiq

>>4372672
Seriously I don't get how you can work out wrong in the gym with bad form or whatever, but farmers can gain proper muscles without injury to themselves?

>>4372952
You mean literal farmers? Nigga, that's just the name of the exercise.

>>4372195
like other anons said, is a posture problem, so just fix that, is you have time develop your muscles, is the best thing for improve your posture and give you more energy to draw more.

this >>4372672
just making simple exercises in your wrist improve a lot the experience, is the same with the back.

>>4372952

Anon, if you think physical laborers don't regularly destroy their bodies by age 50 through improper use, you're mistaken. How do you think so many people got addicted to opioids if not chronic pain from fucking themselves up while they were young?

>Thumb hurts a lot after too much straining work
>Everytime I move the thumb, it makes a crack sound
>Check X-rays and soundwave
>Nothing seems wrong
>Soak the thumb in hot water and deep heat rub
>helped but did not heal completely
>Thumb gets tiring after repetitive use of anything
>years later and the issue isn't resolved
Anyone here ever dealt with that shit? How the hell do I solve this...

Got rsi on far side of wrist, since 3 years, I hate it I hate it. I just want to draw what the fuck? I just want to learn instruments , I just want to study and write and chisel and paint and etc...
can't even exercise because leg and shoulder joints/bones are fucked up too, because everything I enjoy , god ruins. can't even take a walk without pain. Why do people worship that thing?

is there a program which uses speech - > text to control illustration software? like, say'blue, warmer, pencil, zoom in , mirror , more saturation' and the program would do all those things for you. Would help a lot if that thing existed

>>4375250
>tfw now know how to make the big bucks
Hows $25/month sound guys?

>>4375252
I'm in bro

>>4372195
lift your monitor up. Use stacks of paper reams

Do I use hot or cold presses for pinched nerves?

>>4373360
I can crack my dominant hand's thumb just by bending it. No pain or anything though, so I can't help ya

is an easel good? how should one hold the pen? inconvenience is inconsequential - please save my wrists!

tradcucks never developed these problems

yet computers are responsible for RSI, not even tablets, just computers by themselves

good times

>>4372672
thank you just what i needed

>>4373360
trigger thumb bro. steroids, if that doesnt work, surgery

>>4378125
bullshit
but yes , digital impermanence worsens chickenscratching in my experience

what's the best way to draw and color without hurting it?

>>4381233
One stroke Samurai style.

>>4381258
without ghosting right? all that handmoving, it's hard and I'm learning. and no construction .
any good exercises/books/tactics for this sort of thing : I'M GOING TO BECOME GOD OF CONTOURS AND MAKE THE GIRLS WET

>>4375649
Please respond.

>>4382419
Hot for blood flow.

>>4382489
shouldn't it be cold?